Sonny Perdue on Crime

Republican GA Governor

Criminals should literally pay for their crimes

Sonny believes that criminals should literally pay for their crimes. This restitution principle should be much more than an ideal we rarely meet. It should be a reality that we routinely enforce for the benefit of crime victims in Georgia. In 2005,
Sonny passed the Crime Victims Restitution Act which strengthened victims’ rights. The law required that restitution be made to victims of crime and created new procedures to help ensure that victims receive the restitution owed them.